Good movie with a thought provoking subject

Rating: 7/10 (19 July 2005)

(Synopsis) Lincoln Six-Echo (Ewan McGregor) and Jordan Two-Delta (Scarlett Johansson) live in a contaminate-free facility to protect them from a worldwide disease. Everyone in the facility has been told that "The Island" is the only place on earth that has not been infected. All the residents want to go to "The Island," but the only way to be chosen is by winning the lottery. Starkweather (Michael Clarke Duncan) wins a trip to "The Island" and is sent on his way. Lincoln has an inquiring mind and wants to know more by exploring the inner workings of the facility. Lincoln discovers that he is a clone when he sees Starkweather being operated on for his body parts. His entire life at the facility has been a lie. Lincoln and Jordan are able to escape from the facility before they win a trip to "The Island." They want to meet their donor and stop the harvesting of body parts. The head of the facility hires mercenaries to track them down before they can expose his secret to the world.
(Comment) "The Island" is an adventure movie filled with high-intensity action scenes of car chases, crashes, and buildings blowing up. The special effects were terrific and exciting, even though they were hard to believe. In one of those scenes, they fall 20 stories off a building and only end up with scratches. The line the construction person says is a funny one. Another thing that was hard to believe is the fact that they were novice runners, yet they were able to outfox professional mercenaries. I thought the movie's storyline was current, especially during this time with the debate over stem cell research. The concept of cloning is thought provoking, and an ethical one for the medical community and the public. You may leave the movie with an answer to a moral question, and see a good movie. (Dream Works, Run time 2:07, Rated PG-13) (7/10)